St. Mary's scored 12 runs in the fourth inning, part of a 30-hit attack as the Rattlers stayed alive in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional with a 23-4 win over Colorado State-Pueblo on Friday in Kingsville.

The fourth featured three home runs — including two by Billy Richard — two triples and two doubles. Richard led the Rattlers with six RBIs on the day.

St. Mary's will play another elimination game against Angelo State at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Linfield (Ore.) 4, Trinity 3; Trinity 3, UT-Tyler 1: At Austin, RBI singles in the fifth inning by Kevin Francke and Christian Muscarello put the Tigers ahead to stay in an elimination game against UT-Tyler at the NCAA Division III West Regional. Earlier in the day, starting pitcher Andrew Alig recorded just one out before being lifted in a loss to Linfield, which Trinity must beat twice to advance starting at noon Saturday.